Detail View: Maps Collection:
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Image Number:
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JRL1211163
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Reference Number:
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Booker & Mills C172
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Image Title:
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Berkshire
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Parent Work Title:
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A new map of Barkshire with all the hundreds, parkes and other places thereun to belonging
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Creator:
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Hollar, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677
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Creator Role:
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Engraver
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Date Created:
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1666
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Description:
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Map: Berkshire. Illustrations include two Knights of the Garter; a large detailed drawing entitled 'Y South side of Windsor Castle'; compass rose and shield. Bottom right is the scale of miles illustrated by a pair of compasses. Text bottom left reads: ' London sould with all other countey & contrey maps, by John Overton at ye white house without Newgate neere the fountaine tavern'. Top left is a short account of the Battle of Radcot Bridge 1387.
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Language Name:
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English
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language Name:
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lat
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Category of Material:
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Latin
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Sub-Category:
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Maps
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Technique Used:
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Printed
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Support:
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
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17th Century CE
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Places Covered:
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England: Windsor
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Places Covered:
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England: Berkshire
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Item Height:
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444 mm
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Item Width:
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542 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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Copyright restrictions apply
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2012-02-07
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2012-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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